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7 thoughts on “Oldish Old Town”

Oh oh oh!! This breaks my heart. Abandoned buildings really is a sore spot for me, I don’t know why… just makes me think of all the lives that took place between those walls, and how sad it is that the house and its history is alone and forgotten now…
At the same time I love taking pics of them. maybe that should be my new series on the blog, when i’m done with the subway!

I wish I could go inside and walk around. I found an abandoned house on a trip to Hong Kong once and some friends and I walked around in it for a while! It was awesome.. old photos, news papers, a curtain, the rusty fridge had traces of moldy food in it. It was amazing until we found the spiders….

We do. And a lot of the Old Town is restored. But as the entire Old Town is part of the Unesco World Heritage, they have incredibly strict (and über-expensive) restoration requirements… that kinda puts a stop to some initiatives.

Craving Italian? :) I definitely was. I don’t think I’ve had anything even remotely Italian (if you don’t count the fact that I almost always grate Parmesan on all the fresh veggie salads I eat for lunch) for weeks. So I thought I’d go for a classic. Besides, I had tofu mince in the fridge … Continue reading →

Maybe I’m weird, but I’ve always liked the taste of millet. Loved it, actually, since early childhood when my mom used to make millet porridge. Since going gluten free, I occasionally miss sort of salty cookies to nibble on with cheese and tea and finally I decided to translate my love of millet into milletcakes. … Continue reading →